Tag Archives: Make-up Art Cosmetics

Jan22

So the Daphne Guinness collection from M.A.C. came out right after Christmas and there was only one item that I wanted from this limited edition collection – the Vintage Grape Blush Ombre. The Blush Ombres were first introduced about 2 years ago with the Spring Colour Forcast collection. I missed out on this and all everyone spoke about were these blush ombres; how versatile, how amazing, how cute etc. These things sold like hot bread and I showed up after de bakery closed!

So I promised myself to pick up Vintage Grape if it was ever repromoted. And here it is!

M.A.C. Vintage Grape Blush Ombre

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Jan2

Upcoming M.A.C. Collection: Iris Apfel for M.A.C.

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Noire Tropical Beauty

Upcoming M.A.C. Collection: Iris Apfel for M.A.C.

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Hey guys!

This collection is debuting in North American stores and counters on January 5th and internationally in February 2012. It’s a collaboration between the style icon Iris Apfel and M.A.C. I am somehow loving this promo! The inspiration is exotic and rare birds.

Here are the details…

Image courtesy of M.A.C.

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Dec26

Upcoming M.A.C. Collection: M.A.C. Daphne Guinness Collection

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Noire Tropical Beauty

Upcoming M.A.C. Collection: M.A.C. Daphne Guinness Collection

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I am back on the hunt for the latest M.A.C. Collections. There are quite a few items that are coming out on December 26 in North America. These are all limited edition although a few of the items are repromotes. All info courtesy of Specktra.net

Image courtesy of Specktra.net

Prolongwear Lipcreme

Approaching Storm
Seasoned Plum
Red Dwarf
Warp Speed

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Sep14

Upcoming M.A.C. Collection: Posh Paradise

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Noire Tropical Beauty

Upcoming M.A.C. Collection: Posh Paradise

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This collection comes out tomorrow, Sept 15th in the US and Canada and in October internationally. It is already being sold online at maccosmetics.com as well as other online retailers, such as Nordstrom.

This is a limited edition collection featuring some classic items, paint pots and mattene lipsticks. Needless to say, I will be ALL OVER this collection! I love the versatility of the paintpots to be used as an eyeshadow base or as a cream eyeshadow. I have one or two of the original Mattene lipsticks, so that I am anxious to see what this new batch has to offer.

All info courtesy of Specktra.net, photo courtesy of M.A.C.

Image courtesy of M.A.C. Cosmetics

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Jul14

Semi Precious haul & swatches!!

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Noire Tropical Beauty

Semi Precious haul & swatches!!

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Here are a few swatches of what I hauled from M.A.C.’s Semi Precious collection. I am a true sucka for their mineralized eye shadows. For whatever reason, the texture and quality is never consistent from collection to collection. Sometimes they are flaky, chunky, not heavily pigmented and often they look pretty in the pan than on the lid. So I had to make sure to choose wisely.

Across the collection of eye shadows, they have varying levels of pigmentation and many of colours are not unique. They were all very smooth in texture and have varying amounts of marbling so that two eye shadow pans could give slightly different colours.

I loved the jewelled themed collection and was of course drawn to the darker colours.

I first got Dark Indulgence, which is a dark, sooty emerald green melanged with black.

Dark Indulgence

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Jul10

M.A.C. Collection: Semi Precious

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Noire Tropical Beauty

M.A.C. Collection: Semi Precious

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Typically, M.A.C. brings out a couple of large collections during the summer and one of them usually includes a mineralized collection. For the newbies, mineralized makeup usually contains natural minerals in a powdered form and may be baked into a solid form. It is touted as being better for the skin and there are less additives and binders that hold the particles together. These products can be used both dry and wet which is different from typical pressed powder products.

Here is some information about M.A.C.’s newly released Semi Precious collection. It is available from July 7 in the US and Canada at M.A.C. stores, counters and online. Available internationally later on in July.

All information courtesy of Specktra.net and photos courtesy of M.A.C.

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Jan6

Quick look: Fluidline comparisons

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Noire Tropical Beauty

Quick look: Fluidline comparisons

There is some buzz about the Dark Diversion fluidline that came out in the Stylishly Yours collection and it is often compared to the permanent fluidline Macroviolet. Here are quick swatches of Macroviolet, Dark Diversion and Waveline fluidlines.

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Sep27

The Villains are coming!!! Watch out!!!!

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Noire Tropical Beauty

The Villains are coming!!! Watch out!!!!

Major collection being released!!

Inspired by 4 of the most well- known villains in animated filmography, M.A.C. presents the Venomous Villains collection, in collaboration with Disney.

Maleficent, Cruella, Evil Queen, Dr. Facelier, image courtesy of Specktra

Each character comes with it’s own storyline, colour scheme/collection and limited edition packaging. An updated version of the colours used to create the characters. There are also face charts that accompany each collection. The packaging is glossy black with each character painted on in vivid colour.

The VV collection is huge, but fortunately quite a few of the products are repromotes or part of the permanent line. There are also a few new products like the Magically Cool Liquid Powder, which is part of the Maleficent collection. Of course the packaging is LE so that this will sell like hot bread on a Sunday morning!!! People have been buzzing about this since July so, uhmmm yeah, get it while you can.

More VV!….